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The predictions made l)V these \ari- 

 ous competent authorities have been 

 fully verified. Immij^ration durinc; the 

 vear ending June M), l'>21, exceeded 

 800,000, almost douhlinp; that of the 

 preceding year. Furthermore, the 

 opinion of those who have had oppor- 

 tunity to observe the new arrivals, and 

 who are unprejudiced and honest in 

 their views, is to the effect that our 

 consular officers and our experts were 

 fully justified in their statements 

 regarding the inferior (luality of most— 

 not all — of these people. An immigra- 

 tion official at New York has recently 

 reported that the majority of the aliens 

 now coming in expect to be fruit ped- 

 dlers, shoe-blacks, soft drink \enders 

 and sweat-shop workers (N. ^^ Times. 

 .Sept. 12, 1921). 



THE OPPOSITION TO RESTRICTION 



In spite of the extraordinary popular 

 demand for restriction in accordance 

 with which Congress acted, there was 

 insidious, active opposition; thoroughly 

 organized; hea\il\- financed; issuing 

 misleading information; playing upon 

 all sorts of alien prejudices; endea\oring 

 l)y e\ery possible means to counteract 

 the plain will of the \ast majorit\' of the 

 .American people. One of the best 

 known and most reliable Washington 

 newspaper correspondents, Mr. Mark 

 .Sullivan, writing of the hearings before 

 the House Committee on Immigration 

 (Feb. 7, 1921) said: 



The great bulk of the hearings 

 consisted of testimony from special 

 interests, either racial or business, 

 who opposed the bill strenuously. 

 No thoughtful American, equipped 

 with knowledge of the background, 

 can read the stenographic report of 

 tho.se hearings without Ijeing deepl\- 

 and sombrely concerned. 

 Still more striking is the evidence 

 brought forward by Hon. John C. Box, 

 of Texas, in the House of Representa- 

 tives Jan. 8, 1921 . Judge Box said: 

 Mr. Chairman, recently by a vote 

 of 295 to 41 a bill suspending immi- 

 gration was passed by this House, 

 in which vote the will of the Ameri- 

 can people spoke, and party lines 



disappeared. But powerful influ- 

 ences oppose restriction. Two of 

 these are: 



First. A demand by the foreign 

 born among us that their kins-people 

 and racial comrades be admitted 

 freely. 



.Second. In(li\i(lual and corporate 

 greed which disregards the present 

 and future welfare of the mass of 

 Americans and their children, be- 

 cause it wants money and power 

 over labor. 



The Inter-Racial Council is a 

 mouthpiece of the opposition of 

 these two groups. To it I invite 

 your attention. . . . 



The Inter-Racial Council is a 

 concern of some magnitude. Some 

 months ago it had 40 or 50 executives 

 and other full-time paid employees 

 in its offices in New York, and an 

 unascertained number of other 

 agents and employees. It is 

 financed, in part at least, by its 

 industrial or subscribing members, 

 numl)ering .several hundred. The 

 following are .some of its subscribing 

 members, whose names I get from 

 its printed literature and from the 

 testimony of Mr. Mayper, its execu- 

 tive secretary: 



Phelps Bros. & Co., "owners of 

 an Italian steamship line," the 

 International Mercantile Marine 

 Co., Barber Steamship Lines, Cos- 

 mopolitan Shipping Co., Downey 

 Shipbuilding Corporation, France 

 and Canada Steamship Co., Green 

 Star .Steamship Co.. Pacat Steam- 

 ship Co., Pacific .Steamship Co., 

 Todd Ship Yards Corporation, 

 Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, 

 Allegheny Steel Co., American Beet 

 .Sugar Co., American Locomotive 

 Co., American Woolen Co., Armour & 

 Co., Atlas Powder Co., Chattanooga 

 (V)ke (S: Gas Co., Colt's Patent 

 Firearms Manufacturing Co., Gen- 

 eral Flectric Co., Henderson Ship- 

 building Co., Hillman Coal & Coke 

 Co., Indiana Pipe Line Co., Inland 

 Steel Co., Kelley-Springfield Tire 

 Co., Lackawanna Steel Co., National 

 .Sugar Refining Co.. National Ship- 



